Share Your World 2-24-20

It is time to answer my friend Melanie’s weekly questions once again and in taking up that challenge I declare I AM SHARING MY WORLD. Click the underlined link to see how everyone else shared their world.

Here are Melanie’s questions and my answers:

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What do you think of best friends of the opposite sex?  Or to put it another way “Can men and women ever be platonic friends?  Doesn’t sex always get in the way?”  

I think it is possible. That said it is very rare. There are so many things that can get in the way.

What is the greatest struggle you’ve overcome?

I would say struggling. In fact I can’t say I have yet overcome the problem of struggling with my struggles instead of giving them to God.

What is the darkest thought you’ve ever had? What about the darkest thing you’ve done that you’ve never told anybody about? (obviously you’ll be telling now if you choose to.  Telling might unburden you a little though.)   

The darkest thought I ever had was the thought of leaving God and becoming and unbeliever.

and one ‘fun’ one because I realize those others were pretty deep)

What is your least favorite food?

Okra. Blecch.

Share a thought, write a story or poem or share a meme about gratitude.  If you’d like to.  As with the other questions, this is optional.  

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A Question a Day From Rory Pt. 3

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I AM CONTINUING TO ANSWER RORY’S INSIGHTFUL QUESTIONS ONE BY ONE. YOU CAN FIND A LIST OF THEM ALL BY CLICKING HERE.

Today’s questions is…What do we all have in common besides our genes that makes us human?

I love this question! One thing all humans share is a likeness and image of God that is stamped upon us by the Creator Himself. We are made in the image of God. Not only that we each are born with a hole inside of us that can only effectively filled by God Himself. To that end every one of us is born into a spiritual quest. If the destination is always the same the quest is the same. We were made for relationship with the Divine.

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A Question a Day From Rory Pt. 2

RORY OVER AT A GUY CALLED A BLOKE HAS ASKED SOME REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS THIS WEEK.

I am taking one a day to task and seeing where the questions lead me.

Here is today’s question:

What would you regret not fully doing, being or having in your life?

This one is actually pretty easy. I would regret not fully following Christ, not being His child and servant and I would regret not having Him in my life.

I thought once I could make it without Jesus. I thought I could do it on my own. I sent Him away. The darkness was terrible. The emptiness was profound. The sorrow was heavier than anything I could bear.

I cried out to Him my repentance and He had mercy on me! He erased my guilt shame and regrets. Today I am His and He is mine and I will never let Him go again!

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Jesus said, “Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.” Rev. 3:20

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A Question a Day From Rory

RORY FROM A GUY CALLED A BLOKE HAS ASKED SOME REAL THOUGHT PROVOKERS THIS WEEK. 

I thought I might answer 1 of these a day and see where it gets me.

Here is question number 1

Is there anything that you wish you had spent more time doing five years ago?

Yes absolutely! I wish I had focused more on exercising and my weight loss five years ago. It really is true what they say about losing weight after 50 and now I have to get in shape for my son’s wedding in a year!

 

God gave me a verse from the psalms this year. Psalm 144: 1

Praise be to the Lord my Rock,
    who trains my hands for war,
    my fingers for battle.

I guess a part of that battle is going to be the battle of the bulge.

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It may be later…but it is not too late.

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Share Your World Sept. 4, 2017

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SHARE YOUR WORLD is a weekly writing challenge in which our hostess, Cee, asks a few insightful questions. By answering them we her contributors share our worlds. You can click the underlined link to go to the world sharing center. This week’s questions and my answers are below.

What color do you feel most comfortable wearing?

I am most comfortable is browns, grays or black. Sometimes I wear blue.

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What is your favorite type of dog? (can be anything from a specific breed, a stuffed animal or character in a movie)

I like small dogs. I am really fond of maltese. They have so much personality.

List at least five favorite flowers or plants.

red and yellow Longwood

Tulips

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Flowering Dogwood

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Wisteria

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Milkweed

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Fruit trees of all kinds

What inspired you this past week?  Feel free to use a quote, a photo, a story, or even a combination. 

We had such a powerful set of church services on Sunday. Pastor Lewiston’s sermon was entitled Stand. If you have time take a listen.